Winner, Shelley Memorial Prize (Poetry Society of America): Joan Naviyuk Kane, author of with snow pouring southward past the window

Winner, NACCS Book Prize: Welcome to Oxnard by Cristina Herrera

Winner, Foreword INDIES – Short Stories: A Place in the World by Bill Gaythwaite

Finalist, PEN Open Book Award: No Rhododendron by Samyak Shertok

Finalist, Norma Farber First Book Award: The Same Man by Bobby Elliott

Finalist, Norma Farber First Book Award: What God in the Kingdom of Bastards by Brian Gyamfi

Finalist, PROSE Award: Model Schools in the Model City by Amber Wiley

Finalist, ASALH Book Award: Model Schools in the Model City by Amber Wiley

Longlist, Jan van Gelder Prize (Dutch Society for Art History): World Observation by Matthew Mullane